Police Service Commission Shortlisted Candidates 2016

Some days ago, i received a call from a client of mine to help confirm the Police Service Commission Shortlisted Candidates 2016. Though i was not too sure of the list until i confirmed myself. So to this end, i am here to announce to the whole public that the Police Service Commission Shortlisted Candidates 2016 has been released. So if you participated in the screening process, you are free to go check your name.

Though the released of the name came in early in the month, many persons where still very much unknowledgeable about it. According to reports we received, the Police Service Commission (PSC) released names of successful applicants for recruitment into the Nigeria Police Force in the Federal Government’s 10,000 policemen recruitment programme early this month.

The commission’s Head, Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, in a statement told all applicants who comprised of 500 cadet Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASP), 500 cadet Inspectors and, 7,500 constables to go check their for their names.

The commissioner also reiterated that the successful applicants had been uploaded on the websites of commission and the Nigeria Police Force.

Regarding the He said the 1,500 specialists into the force, the commission also concluded the recruitment of 80 per of them.

List of Shortlisted Candidates for Nigeria Police Recruitment

The recruitment according to Mr Ani, includes shortlisted applicants who did apply under some disciplines that required further professional and expert interview as it where. Among the discipline, are engineering, laboratory science and community health.

Against the popular view that the recruitment was based on sentiment, Mr. Ani refuted the claims and suggested that the exercise was based on merit, federal character and geographical spread. And he also added that all successful applicants had gone through the required processes.

Mr Ani also told all participants that the commission was eventually guided by its enabling law, recruitment guidelines and the federal character as encoded in the federal constitution.

“These include state screening which involved the screening of credentials of the candidates and physical screening such as height, sight, chest, etc,” he said.

He said that the commission electronically received a total of 911,438 applications comprising 262,462 for cadet ASP, 211,832 for cadet inspector and 437,144 for constable.

“A total of 338,250 applicants were later shortlisted, also electronically, and invited for screening at the state commands of the Nigeria Police Force.

“This figure was made up of 44,684 shortlisted for cadet ASP, 87,736 for cadet inspector and 205,830 for constable.

“This process was followed through from command to zone and finally, the national level, where the successful candidates were selected,” he said.